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Tea Party Express loses some baggage...thoughts?

Tea party leader cuts ties after charges of racism
Posted at 12:32 PM on Friday, Jul. 23, 2010
By ROBIN HINDERY - The Associated Press Share
Tea Party Express spokesman cuts tiesThe Tea Party Express says it has accepted the resignation of its chief spokesmen who was widely condemned for satirizing the NAACP in a controversial blog posting.
Conservative radio personality Mark Williams on Friday told the Tea Party Express he wanted to break with the organization. Williams resigned as chairman of the group last month after one of his blog posts forced the National Tea Party Federation to expel the Tea Party Express. The Tea Party Express announced the resignation in a statement.

Good--it is individuals like this who give honest people a bad name.
Thoughts?

He broke with them after the backlash from his blog comments. I am not sure his plans for the future, but unfortunately, he will probably find others who share his narrow-minded ideas and start a new group.

I am not a Tea Party person--there are some issues with which I strongly disagree, but the group deserves to be heard effectively--this bozo doesn't (or didn't) help this cause!

I never read the man's blog, but he should step away if he is becoming a distraction from the issues. The Tea Party isn't one man making off color remarks even on a blog. We have to rise above even when it seems others are getting away with the exact act the Tea Party is being brought to task over. He will have to help quietly from the sidelines if he still wants to be a part. But, keep his mouth shut.